Reader-submitted Thailand stories covering first trips, nightlife, Pattaya experiences, relationships, expat life and successful marriages. Real experiences from visitors and long-time Thailand regulars.
I’ve just turned 50 this year, been living in Thailand for 27 of those years, and I thought up until recently that I had everything figured out, and the last 27 years of my life were a success. I’ve since found out things about my wife, who is from Thailand, and general opinions that I…
I’d done that plane journey seven times before this one. Each of those seven times was me going to Thailand for the holiday of a lifetime. And holidays of a lifetime I most definitely had. This time was different. I’d just turned 42 and I was flying on a one way ticket to Thailand as…
Story One The Pole Dancer and the Military Man A Tale of Love and Regret I was a young officer in the US military stationed in Asia (Japan). I was in my early 30s and in excellent shape physically a handsome ish man in my prime, you could say. This was due to not just…
Story One The Polite Question How Asking Nicely Made a Lifelong Friend A very good day to you. My name is James, age 36, Singaporean, half Chinese, half Filipino, and I graduated from one of the universities in Boston. I have been going to Thailand since I was 20 years old and would visit at…
Story One The Independent Businesswoman A Positive Experience In 2019, I was online using the Thai Friendly dating app to look for someone for a new potential relationship and met one nice girl of a similar age to me in her forties. She was a businesswoman that owned several hotels and factories and was single…
Like so many others, I was bored of my life at home. Failed marriage and a mundane job, and I desperately wanted to get more out of my life. I always felt like life was for living, but I hadn’t lived a life in years. The only problem was I didn’t have enough money to…
How I found myself retiring to Thailand was purely by chance. I was going there for a business meeting. We were looking to expand our operations out of Europe into Southeast Asia, and it was my job to go and investigate. That might sound like a great job, but it really wasn’t. The traveling was…
How did I end up here? I suppose I can ask myself that, but deep down I know the truth. I was looking for something different, something to remove me from the drudgery of day-to-day life. I’d already been to Thailand, already married a Thai, and we had a son, and we were living in…
Now Derek was quite a timid man. He didn’t really have any personality. He wasn’t one of those guys who walked into a room and lit it up. He wasn’t one of those guys that people were keen to get to know. He wasn’t one of those guys that attracted the ladies. He was a…